41.   Workers at the sea ports in Ashdod and Haifa began an open-ended strike Wednesday, also to protest privatization plans.

42.   A strike at the main exporting sea port in Santos, southeastern Brazil, came to an end on Thursday.

43.   A union spokesman said the work stoppage was to be observed by employees of airports, sea ports, railways and the public telephone, electricity and water companies.

44.   Aidid said Somalia was currently experiencing drought and the sea port was needed to receive humanitarian aid from abroad.

45.   Delegates at the EU meeting advocated extending preventive measures to sea ports.

46.   The Sri Lankan government announced Monday it was inviting French and Canadian firms to study the possibility of building a new sea port in the south of the island.

47.   Three UN peacekeepers were wounded in the fighting as clashes raged near the sea port and in the Medina area of the city on Saturday.

48.   Pakistan is also seeking investors for a planned deep sea port and industrial area at Keti Bandar, Bhutto said.

49.   Rail and road traffic between Sofia and Greece has also been paralyzed for a week and the sea ports along the Danube and the Black Sea were not operating.

50.   She also invited businesses here to invest in the upgrading of two ports in Karachi and the construction of a deep sea port at Gawadar in Balochistan.